eighty-six
Remove from menu
Eighty-six is slang meaning to refuse service to, get rid of, or reject.
Originally restaurant jargon for an item no longer available or a customer to be denied service: We're eighty-six on the salmon.
The meaning expanded to include discarding or killing: They eighty-sixed the whole project.
Also written 86.
Take something away
- discardDeliberately throw out
- eliminateRemove completely
- discontinueTo stop doing
- terminateBring to an end
scrub · nix · void · abolish · annul · revoke · rescind · quash
Dismiss as unsuitable
- denyRefuse to admit
- turn downReject or reduce
- declineDecrease or refuse
- unavailableCannot be accessed
sold out · out of · depleted · exhausted · finished · gone · no more · ran out
Casual American eatery
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- kitchenFood preparation room
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
- waitstaffRestaurant service employees
chef · expediter · busboy · mixologist · service · lingo · vernacular · code
remove
Take something away
- discardDeliberately throw out
- eliminateRemove completely
- discontinueTo stop doing
terminate · scrub · nix · void · abolish · annul · revoke · rescind · quash · retract
reject
Dismiss as unsuitable
unavailable · sold out · out of · depleted · exhausted · finished · gone · no more · ran out · short
diner
Casual American eatery
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- kitchenFood preparation room
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
waitstaff · chef · expediter · busboy · mixologist · service · lingo · vernacular · code · ticket
bounce
Spring back after impact
expel · remove · exclude · blacklist · prohibit · unwelcome · persona non grata · trespass · cut off · flagged
- diner lingoAdam and Eve, 86, cup of joe, moo juice, mud
- restaurant lingoin the weeds, on the fly, all day, heard, behind
- cookingbaking, chop, boiling, dice, mince
- diningrestaurant, menu, waiter, servers, waitress
- Number Slanggrand, G, buck, bucks, fin